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STATES SAMUEL R. MILLEN, OF CIiAIi-INDA, IOIVA.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 392,743, dated November13, 1888 .Application filed March 20, 1898. Serial No. 268,504. (Nomodell To all whom, it may concern:

13e it known that I, SAMUEL R. MiLLnN, of Clarinda, in the county oiPage and State oi' Iowa, have invented a new and useful Improvement inBeds, of which the I'ollowingis a specification.

My invention is an improvement in invalidbeds; and it consists incertain novel constructions and combinations of parts, as will behereinafter described and claimed. Y

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a vertical longitudinal section of a bedprovided with my improvements. Fig. 2 is a bottom plan view thereof.Fig. 3 isa detail view of the detent and its operating-lever. Fig. i isadetail view ol' the vessel, and Fig. 5 is a detail view of themattress-plug, all of which will bc described.

The mattress is formed in three seetions,A, Il, and C, and its supportis formed in three similar sections, A', Il', and C'. For convenience inreference I shall term such parts A A', Il B', and C C', respectively,the back, scat, and .foot sections. The section Bis fixed in position inthe bedstead or other suitable supporting-framing, and the sections A'and U' are hinged at or to the opposite ends of the seat-section. On thesections A', I3', and C' l secure the springs D, and the mattress restson such springs, as shown. By elevating the back-section and loweringthe foot-section it will be seen that the parts are adjusted to formpractically a chair,in which the occupant may rest easily, and theadjustment may be such as to hold the person sitting upright orpartially reclining to any desired. extent.

Through the seat-sections of the mattress and the support Iform openings1 2, in which may be placed a vessel, E, the latter being formed with arim-flange, e, as shown, which flange may be provided with a cushion ofrubber or other suitable material. Vhen this vessel is in use, the plugF is removed from the openings and may be replaced on the removal of thevessel, the support-section B' being provided with a valve or ilap, b,pivoted at b', so it may be turned under the opening2 to close the samewhen the vessel is removed, and to form a support for the plug when inplace. It will be noticed that I arrange the openings forming the spacefor the vessel at a point below the middle of the bed, so the hips of aperson reclining in the bed,

when the latter is'sprcad out lint, will not come over the saidopenings.

To enable the easy adjustment of the sections of the bed, I provide alever,G, pivoted between its ends, at g, to the bedstead-frarne or othersuitable support. At its upper end the lever bears against the underside of the back-section, and serves to elevate and lower such sectionas the upper end of said lever is given such motion. At its lower endthe lever has an arm, G', forming the said lever into practically abell-crank, as shown, braces g' g being provided to strengthen thelever, so it may be made light and yet have sufficient rigidity tooperate in the desired manner. 3y preference the lever is formed withside bars, and they are connected at their upper ends by a short crossbar or shaft, G2, which operates within a bail-guide, G, which preservesthe back-section and the lever in proper contact. At a point below itspivotthclever G- is joined by a connection, II, with the foot-sectionC'. In the construction shown the section C' has depending brackets orlugs I, and the connection I-I is a rod bent into U shape, having itsintermediate portion `iournaled in the lower arm of the lever and itsside arms, hh, connected at their ends with thelugs I. To convenientlyoperate the lever and so adjust the sections of the bed, I provide theoperatingshaft J, suitably journaled and having a cranlr by which itmaybe turned. This sha-ft is connected with the lever so its turning mayadjust such lever. In order that the shaft may serve to adjust suchlever positively in both directions, I prefer to connect theoperatingshaft with both arms of the lever-that is to say, on both sidesof its pivot. In the construction shown the shaft J has a sprocketwheel,j, and a sprocket belt or chain, K, passing over and engaging the sameis connected at its ends with the upper and lower ends of the lever. Onthe operating-shaft I secure a toothed wheel, Z, engaged by a tooth, Z',of a spring detent-bar, L, which latter may be moved out of engagementwith wheell by a pivoted bar, M, having along weighted upper arm and ashort lower arm, m,which latter is movable into and out of engagementwith the spring detent-bar and may be operated to release said bar.

As the operating-shaft is turned in one direction the back-section Willbe raised and the foot-section lowered, so as to adj ust the eeen.- pantof the bed into a sitting position. Then, when desired, by turning theshaft in the reverse direction, the back-section may be lowered and thefoot-seotion raised to a horizontal position.

Manifestly the improvements may be embodied in a double or single bed;or, if desired, the invention may be embodied in an operating-chair, asWill be readily understood.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new is- 1. Thecombination of the baek, seat, and foot sections, the brackets or lugsdepending from the foot-section, the bail-guide G3, fixed to the underside of the back-section, the lever having its upper end engaged in thebailguide G3 and its lower end connected by U shaped rod With thebrackets or'lugs of the foot-section, the operating-shaft, theconnecting belt or chain, and. the detent, all subst-antially as and forthe purposes specified.

2. Theimprovernent in beds,ooniprising the fixed seat-section, thehinged back-section having bail-guido G3, the hinged foot-section, thelever G, formed With side bars connected at their upper ends by shortcross bar or shaft G2, operating in guide G, the connection H,

uniting said lever with the foot-section, the 3o shaft J,l1avingsproeketj,and the chain K, all substantially as and for the purposesspecified.

SAMUEL R. MILLEN. Vfitnesses:

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